Where does “Stimmzettel” come from?
Stimmzettel (German) comes from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula, from Latin schedula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Stimmzettel (German): ballot
Definitions
- ballot
Ancestry of “Stimmzettel”, step by step
Stimmzettel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zettel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zettel | a small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,... |
| 2 | German | zeddel | — |
| 3 | German | zedele | — |
| 4 | Italian | cedola | counterfoil; coupon, voucher |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 6 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German stimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 2 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |